This is an absolute relic. As a Titanic fan, I recognize most of the scenes displayed in the footage from the many pictures I´ve seen up to these days, but here I can see how the pictures come alive, and this gives the whole thing a more real dimension. Sincere thanks for all this effort.
One cannot help but admire these Edwardian ship builders , from the first piece of Keel plating to the finishing touches of the interior splendour , This legend of the shipping line has fascinated me, ever since I first heard the story ,back in 1968 while just starting senior school, I have followed her stories of all good & bad, and still marvel at her massive size, and still wonder how all those workers back in Belfast managed to build such an Icon. My admiration of these people, of all ages and standing, never wavers.You built a legend over a century ago, and the legend just keeps on growing, even though she sits on the bottom of the North Atlantic, rusting away.I take my hat off to the legend and the people who built her.
Yeah, that'd be amazing. It's just a shame that most people would visit her just because she "looks like the Titanic" rather than actually being interested in the Olympic and her own story. I can see it already, people doing king of the world poses on Olympic's bow and living out their Titanic fantasies because the ships are near identical
This video really lives up to it's billing. I had no idea there was so much footage of these ships out there. The added sound affects and editing are extraordinary any really enhance the viewer's experience. Well done!
Thank You Mr William Murdoch (Dan Parkes) for these incredible footages! These rare footages must be brought to digital format as much as possible. Thank You again for all the work you have done here! Titanic and her sister ships have fascineted me from early childhood!
+HDTanel Too bad you've been lied to all these years. I wonder if this William Murdoch is a relation to the First Officer of the "Titanic" who caused the accident and is trying to the tracks of his infamous relative with all of this shite associated with the fraud of sinking the Olympic ? Do some research and don't believe the lies
+Chris Merrick On the matter of doing some research and not believing lies, don't believe everything Robin Gardiner writes about a 'switch' - even his co-author openly writes it isn't logical but makes for good fiction. All the 'switch' claims are either fiction or have logical explanations that do not necessitate conspiracy. Take a look: www.titanicswitch.com/claims.html
+WilliamMurdochDotNet Ya know i like to point oout the flat earth fuckin laughable sham of a conspiracy! It is clearly the powers that be doing a psyop so that and the alien hoax should tell you that even though it tmakes no sense to you, bthe powers that be love to stir up deception!
Great film. I am somewhat surprised that the surviving Titanic crew members filmed on the Carpathia when it arrived in New York are in great spirits and hamming it up for the camera. I guess they were thrilled to survive.
Could you imagine the “OLYMPIC”, with all of her history and that of her famous ill fated sister, being fully preserved to functionality and providing heritage “White Star” fanfare transatlantic service today ..... ???
@Mark GodfreyAGREED. She's just sitting there rotting away even though she's 100% worth saving. That ship really must have been some sight in her prime. She NEEDS to be restored, not scrapped.
If Olympic were lucky enough to survive the Depression and WW2 (she’d be moored in Southampton, London or Belfast and an 882 foot ship would be a prime target for the Blitz since all three cities were hit) I could see her as a museum like the USS Constitution and SS Great Britain or a hotel/museum hybrid like the two Queens (Mary and Elizabeth II) are today *IF* she were lovingly cared for, as Titanic’s twin she wouldn’t have to worry about funds like Queen Mary is (who’s only real main draw in the mainstream are her ghosts) but I can’t really see Olympic still in service if she were still around. This year will be her 109th birthday on October 11th, at nearly 110 she’d be too delicate and valuable to do transatlantic crossings, and much like Queen Mary who will be 86 this October, Great Britain who turned 177 this July and Constitution who will turn 223 this year, too old. Modern guests who don’t appreciate her history would be the majority and the people who do care for her wouldn’t be able to help her stay in service, she doesn’t have private baths for every cabin, the cheapest ticket’s class would be too bare for most mainstream tourists and many more, heck even today we have people complaining about how the former First Class rooms on Queen Mary are too plain! But in my opinion, I could see Olympic as museum ship yes, a hotel maybe but still in service no, she’s far too delicate and valuable as a historic ship to risk sailing to end up getting damaged and sinking in the ocean, even if she didn’t sink, her parts (hand welded iron, paint) are irreplaceable
Thank you so much for uploading this video. WilliamMurdochDotNet always has the very best Olympic class videos and we all appreciate your efforts to keep the memories of these great liners alive to this day.
Look at the Promenade deck of the ship at the dock it's the Olympic! Look for any picture of Titanic and you see the difference. The film of the reported Titanic launch is A fake.
I know! I said the same thing! Thousands of hours on here searching for the perfect video and never stumbled upon this absolute masterpiece! Better late than never!
Very, very nice! I, for one, have NOT seen a lot of this footage and liked that it was presented chronologically. As far as adding sound effects and music to the silent sections, all I can say is -- THANK YOU! As much as I like to watch movies -- I actually love black-and-white, prefer it for historical docudramas and genres like film noir and horror --, the greatest advance ever made in film was the introduction of synchronized sound. It's very hard to sit through SILENT footage. The sound effects/Foley FX and music were well-chosen and timed to the original footage, too.
1:17:56 - "Who knows but that we may need all our shipping in the near future. Is it too late to step in and preserve these ships from destruction?' That that is one heck of a sound argument and amazing foresight. 4 years down the road Britain would find itself in a life and death struggle with the battle of the Atlantic.
I noticed the little dig the reporter had at the captain at 1:12:56 by calling the skipper "Captain Jinx" instead of Captain Binks. I also noticed the deep reticence to speak by the injured officer of the light ship that was cut in two. I think a, 'keep your mouth order' had been given and by the look of him he was none too pleased about it. Excellent film. Thank you.
It's kinda sad when you see the beginning and the end of these beautiful ships, how advance they were back in the day, how luxurious, and heroic these ships were. It hits you really hard when you find out that the three years spent on building both the Olympic and shortly after Titanic were put into by a thousand workers putting in their all. only to have one sink a few days later and the other you worked hard on scrapped must've been heart breaking, same for the brittanic too. And it hits even harder when the two remains of Titanic and Brittanic are slowly eroding away... forever leaving future generations only photos and video of what was.
It's obvious there are so many trolls out there who don't have anything better to do than thumb down brilliant vids. Thank you for uploading. Real treasure here.
I wish there was a way that all those men that built these iconic masterpieces could see us sat watching this footage of them in 2020 on flat screen televisions or computers or tablets. . These men are dressed so smart building a ship.
Lovely video! The story of these ships has fascinated me since I could read! And thank you for not using music from the movie! The music used here adds to the originality of the story.
All of this is so wonderful to see not the sinkings but the time and Craftsmanship put into these amazing ships. The People who died because of one word 'Unsinkable', which nothing ever is or can be, are in our thoughts forever!
People are always looking at the olympic class but what about the SS traffic? No one has found her wreck and she is as big as a wreck mystery as titanic was
+Juul72 Van Den Broek Yes well spotted, that shot is indeed Olympic, as there is no known footage of Titanic departing on her maiden voyage unfortunately, so newsreels simple re-used footage of her sister.
@Red or Blue Pill Unfortunately footage shot in Southampton, prior to her maiden voyage was "lost". Perhaps it was filmed but there were issues with it - out of focus, or a problem developing the film and so it was discarded, not realising the value it would have later. We know the following was filmed: 1. Laying the keel of the Titanic (31 March 1909), Animated Weekly. -Lost. 2. Transport of Titanic's Largest Anchor in the World (c.1911). 400ft. -Lost. 3. Launching the Titanic (31 May 1911). Films Limited of Belfast/Animated Weekly/Gaumont. -Lost. 4. Titanic leaving Belfast Loch for Southampton (2 April 1912). Gaumont. -Survives 5. The Titanic: at Southampton, prior to her maiden voyage (10 April 1912). Filmed by Topical Budget. -Lost
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet I remember watching some film footage on the BBC news, apparently taken of the Titanic during manoeuvres on her sea trials, though I was quite sceptical at the time. This was about 15 or 20 years ago and I have searched for it on youtube but can't find any reference to it.
@@philjohnson8771 It was almost undoubtedly a mislabelled shot of the Olympic. If actual footage of the Titanic on her sea trials was discovered it would be one of the biggest finds of the century. Instead, all we have is a tantalising glimpse of her still under construction.
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet Many thanks for your reply. The film footage was dropped very quickly by the BBC, they must have come to exactly the same conclusion. Thank you for keeping the memory of this great ship alive.
I can't understand why Smith is wearing his "tropical" white uniform if he is in Southampton or anywhere in northern areas for that matter. Having had the good fortune of travelling many times between UK and Africa, I know it was customary for officers to change into "white" only when the weather and the geographical position was appropriate.
Are "we" suddenly some kind of a fashion critic or something? Who CARES what the hell he's wearing when in just a few days he and others would be DEAD?
Adrian Larkins Very interesting aspect of yours. White is in countries of Christian background the color of purity and innocence. He seemed very nervous before the journey's beginning.
Simply riveting..I do have a question, though. In your upload is some brief footage of Guglielmo Marconi with the caption that he saved 700 lives. Wasn't he later found to have infringed on Nikola Tesla's patents for wireless technology?. Small point, I know, but I think it's important for young people watching this to have correct info. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed your video..Thanks!
after the titanic tragedy,the olymlic had been refitted and became effectively larger than titanic:all the imporovements seen on titanic ( new suites in b-deck and "a la carte restaurant"),and obviusly the modification on double bottom
Hi Erik. No actually it is indeed Titanic and has been independently verified as such. The footage was shot on Saturday the 3rd of February 1912, while she was still under construction and so the A-deck promenade windows were yet to be enclosed. Also, if there is any doubt, the name Titanic is clearly visible on the port bow.
@@crtlndby Because "she is not leaving for Southampton". As I wrote, this footage was shot on Saturday the 3rd of February 1912, while Titanic was still under construction (which can be clearly seen in the footage itself - she is obviously not finished). She did not leave for Southampton until April 3rd, after her sea trials were completed on April 2nd. So it is indeed Titanic.
Viendo con detalle tu documental. es impresionante el parecido del Olympic con el TITANIC y por ello fue que no le hicieron videopropaganda, ya q solo existe material fotográfico del TITANIC ,pero definitivamente fue la metida de pata mas grande que los de la WHITE START LINE no hubiesen grabado con detalle al TITANIC, ya que de los dos era el mas grande por las modificaciones como: la cubierta de paseo cerrada hasta la biblioteca que exteriormente lo hacia ver mucho mas bonito y esa modificación se hizo en base a que en el Olympic era totalmente abierta a la brisa marina y a el agua en caso de salpicadura por tormenta desde el castillo de proa con dirección a popa, y también la utilizacion de espacio para cubiertas de paseo privada cuyo peso aumento en 53,000 toneladas a los 46,000 del Olympic, por lo cual ¡el T I T A N I C es el mejor de TODOS!
Its funny they were supposed be showing the Titanic, but that is also the Olympic. The forward decks on Titanic were inclosed to make room for private first class promenade decks, and to protect those decks from sea spray. That piece of footage must have been taken after the major refit done to the Olympic after Titanic sank, because her wheel house now had the eight windows when it initially had four, but this is still a cool piece of footage; well done.
RobandLarry Sampson No; actually that was the Olympic being launched and in her before her fitting out. and on her maiden voyage. Titanic was never painted gray. That was the Olympic,Titanic was not that well photographed before she sank The only film footage of the Titanic before the sinking, that they have is only about one minute long And it is the shot recreated right at the beginning of Jim Cameron's Movie before they cut to the title scene. Most of the time if you are seeing film footage that is supposed to be of the the Titanic especially the scenes where Capt Smith is inspecting the bridge of the vessel and the stern was filled with passengers waving goodbye, that was the Olympic on her first crossing.
Menerva4 I think RobandLarry Sampson is referring to the footage at 14:02 which indeed is Titanic moored at at Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast. As she is unpainted in the footage it has been dated to Saturday the 3rd of February 1912 (incorrectly shown on the newsreel as April 2nd). However, you are right about many of the other shots being Olympic.
I've seen a couple of documentaries suggesting that after Captain Smith damaged the Olympic, they swapped the names on the ships. They suggested that the Titanic was really the Olympic when it went down. Interesting stuff.
Susie - it would simply not be possible to just 'swap the names' of the ships. The 'switch' theory has been well and truly debunked as a hoax for which there is no motive or more importantly no evidence. It is worth checking this website if you are interested: www.titanicswitch.com
At 8:20 Olympic is launched. The hull of Titanic is still under construction, partially visible on left. Most photos are presenting Olympic. Titanic did not make such sensation until unexpectedly sunk. So. there are not many chronicles of her.
I'd say by now they all are... the last Survivor of TITANIC died in 2009 at the age of 98. Now go watch a movie like "Cleopatra" from 1963 and realize.... MOST OF THEM TOO are dead by now.
I KNOW! LIKE WOW!!! Bizarre how that happens huh? It's like... they're all mortal or sumpin'...!!! You said it... SpoOoOokyyyyy! (I like that spelling, too.)
From what I've heard and read, Olympic's maiden voyage send off wasn't a big event with very few well wishers there compared to Titanic's, only one page mentions it in newspapers of the time, but looking at the footage here it seems this isn't the case, unless the footage isn't from the maiden voyage, and how do we know it is as there's no date?. The footage at the 12:48 mark appears to be from the pier in New York.
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet But it wasn't though. There was only one mention of it in a newspaper which was brief, but Titanic's had more publicity for some reason and seemed to be deliberately hyped up.
@@Embracing01 "for some reason".... perhaps you forgot the bit about the Titanic sinking on its maiden voyage with the loss of nearly 1500 lives? At the time the Olympic was more newsworthy as seen by the simple fact we have newsreel footage of her. She was first in class. By the time Titanic came along it was old news. Post-disaster changed that.
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet Hi do you know the date/year of the photo taken on Olympic where she is at the pier in New York. The shot is looking towards the forecastle deck with a number of passengers and crew in shot, and there are clothes being hung on the railings by some of the crew. Was this taken during her maiden voyage or at a later date?. There is another photo where she is approaching New York, taken looking towards the forecastle deck and bow, but there are a number of fittings like swan neck vent visible towards the portside of forecastle deck which isn't on the other photo. Why was the forecastle deck changed, was this the modifications done during her refit?. Do you know the dates of these photos? looking at the passengers they seem to be dressed in clothing from the 1910s then the 1920s or 30s.
While almost all our footage of Titanic is of the wreck--the building of the Olympic Class ships was one of the MOST documented events of the time. A German photographer was employed to film the whole thing. While "Old Faithful" aka The Olympic served well and long it does seem that that it was the fact of Titanic's sinking which earmarks an historic interest in those ships. Olympic never really established herself as "Special" over Mauritania though the latter vessel was smaller and built some years before. Titanic's own reign as the largest most luxurious ship of her time was only destined to last a year, as The Hamburg America Line's (Another holding of J.P. Morgan) SS Imperator would have taken both spotlights away from Titanic had she survived. Though the undisputed most famous ship ever built it seems unlikely Titanic would have made much of a lasting impression had she NOT sunk as she did on her maiden voyage.
Of course the footage is of Olympic, there has never been any doubt. Slowing down the footage and doing screen shots was a waste of time, Captain Smith is in summer uniform, on Titanic he was in winter kit. Nobody actually believes this is Titanic.
To all those wondering why Olympic wasn't preserved as some sort of monument to Titanic. Let's examine this logically. Why preserve Olympic? Despite being prohibitively expensive, wasn't she Titanic's sister, virtually identical to her? But people weren't remembering Titanic. At least, they didn't have the same take on her we do today. Titanic sailed on it's first and only voyage over twenty years before Olympic's retirement. The voyage lasted four days and ended in 1,517 deaths. The Titanic disaster was a horrible thing, that ended hundreds of lives and ruined thousands more. An entire town was devastated because of it. They didn't want to remember Titanic, they wanted to forget it. There were monuments and tributes to the heroic actions by passengers and crew that night, and that was seen as sufficient. There was no greater desire to remember Titanic beyond this. Olympic wasn't preserved because that wasn't even a consideration. Her dismantling provided work for hundreds in Inverkeithing. Olympic was dismantled and with her, Titanic was practically forgotten. It wasn't until Walter Lord's book that the public imagination was recaptured, and really, not until Cameron's movie did Titanic enter into the stratosphere of popular culture.
see how much people have changed into this survivor mentality. back then all those passengers and crewmen even the captain of the carpathia were smiling, lauging joking, DELIGHTED to be alive it was a cause for celebration they didn't die. now tho, anyone who survives on a ship wen the electricity goes out and they have to deal with it being a bit hot in the ship and not being able to eat anything but sandwices for 2 days get off the ship with f8cking ptsd acting like they thought it was all over
1:18:32 in a alternate universe where the olympic not scrapped. and was now owned by Cunard line. olympic then had a 105 service history and was repaired
Fantastic work. I've always wondered, in some of the scenes with Tug Boats, and a few with some of the crew, there have been obvious efforts made to obscure parts of the image. Like the licenses on the back of the tugs. What and who were they trying to protect in 1912? It's not like anyone viewing these films back then would have any access to use or even look up any of this info, so why was it done?
The obscuring of the vessels name was simply so they could re-use the footage to pass it off as Titanic departing Southampton (the vessels names would have clearly placed it as Olympic in New York).
Rads Per Second I hate to say it, but she was already dated before the 30s... not that she wasn't splendid of course! Quite right keeping her in service all that time..
+Matt Edwards The shot of the tugs helping the Olympic to reverse out into the Hudson River from Pier 59 in New York (from 13:00), has the names of the tugs inked out to create a deception that these shots were of Titanic after the disaster (as she never made it to New York).
Captain smith WTF were you thinking, going through a known ice field at top speed in the black of night, 1,500 of your passengers put their trust in you and you blew it big time
Actually, you are wrong. Smith was following standard safety protocol at the time and which still stands today. He did not ignore ice warnings, he kept a lookout and maintain speed as per instructions to captains under good visibility conditions: www.titanicswitch.com/titanicfacts.html#C12 www.titanicswitch.com/titanicfacts.html#C10
I bought Britanic[2000] film DVD.Very plausible,how U boat attack,timed @ change of watch,when all watertight doors were open!!for crew movement.reconmend DVD
@@richmkw no. First, Cameron didnt find the wreck. Second, it would be impossible to find anything. Third, 401 was found on wreck. 401 refers to titanic, Olympic was 400
The RMS Olympic was sister ship to the titanic and the Britannic it sailed across the north Atlantic in April 1911 it crash with a ship called hms hawke then it seirve as a troop ship
Sempre tive a curiosidade de saber como eram as buzinas do Olympic, Titanic e Britannic. Realmente a do Olympic era imponente. Assustava qualquer barco pequeno!
if only they had the foresight to preserve the olympic. As a titanic enthusiast I would spend my life savings on a ticket or daypass to tour a preserved olympic class ship. So sad.
Jesus christ would you look at the size of that electric rivet gun. I'd only read about its enormous size before but to see it up close and working - how bulky and cumbersome it must've been to use it, argh
I now wonder something else too. It appears tugs that are helping move the ship away from the dock have their names on the stern concealed. What possible reason could there be for that?
+dennis coles The tugs are from New York and are moving the Olympic. Because there was so little footage of Titanic they often used film of Olympic instead, but as Titanic never made it to New York the names on the tugs were erased to try and convince people that this was Titanic. Hope that makes sense! x
If the Olympic had been around today they probably would not have mothballed it but, would have turned it into a hotel and museum, like the Queen Mary in California, which has been used for films and TV shows, good film but needs colouring in and enhancing.
13:01 - I had seem this footage many years before it landed on TH-cam, and was wondering what was going on with the sterns of those two tugs here. Was it sun glare, or an attempt to cover up the tugs' names?
This is an absolute relic. As a Titanic fan, I recognize most of the scenes displayed in the footage from the many pictures I´ve seen up to these days, but here I can see how the pictures come alive, and this gives the whole thing a more real dimension. Sincere thanks for all this effort.
Coal fired steamship Titanic
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One cannot help but admire these Edwardian ship builders , from the first piece of Keel plating to the finishing touches of the interior splendour , This legend of the shipping line has fascinated me, ever since I first heard the story ,back in 1968 while just starting senior school, I have followed her stories of all good & bad, and still marvel at her massive size, and still wonder how all those workers back in Belfast managed to build such an Icon. My admiration of these people, of all ages and standing, never wavers.You built a legend over a century ago, and the legend just keeps on growing, even though she sits on the bottom of the North Atlantic, rusting away.I take my hat off to the legend and the people who built her.
Then they took another legend and melted her for scrap. RIP Olympic
I love when I actually get to see footage of the inside of the ship and not just the outside and construction footage.
It would’ve been amazing to have the Olympic preserved. It would’ve been amazing to see a four stacker today.
I dont understand
@@bighpbulldogThe fourth funnel was used for the engine room ventilation.
Yeah, that'd be amazing. It's just a shame that most people would visit her just because she "looks like the Titanic" rather than actually being interested in the Olympic and her own story. I can see it already, people doing king of the world poses on Olympic's bow and living out their Titanic fantasies because the ships are near identical
Olympic Titanic Britannic are back
@@flatstheflounder2884 agreed
This video really lives up to it's billing. I had no idea there was so much footage of these ships out there. The added sound affects and editing are extraordinary any really enhance the viewer's experience. Well done!
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback :)
Coal fired steamship Titanic
Thank You Mr William Murdoch (Dan Parkes) for these incredible footages!
These rare footages must be brought to digital format as much as possible.
Thank You again for all the work you have done here!
Titanic and her sister ships have fascineted me from early childhood!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the film, it was very interesting and insightful experience making it.
+HDTanel Too bad you've been lied to all these years. I wonder if this William Murdoch is a relation to the First Officer of the "Titanic" who caused the accident and is trying to the tracks of his infamous relative with all of this shite associated with the fraud of sinking the Olympic ? Do some research and don't believe the lies
+Chris Merrick On the matter of doing some research and not believing lies, don't believe everything Robin Gardiner writes about a 'switch' - even his co-author openly writes it isn't logical but makes for good fiction. All the 'switch' claims are either fiction or have logical explanations that do not necessitate conspiracy. Take a look: www.titanicswitch.com/claims.html
+Chris Merrick Take your meds, chump.
+WilliamMurdochDotNet Ya know i like to point oout the flat earth fuckin laughable sham of a conspiracy! It is clearly the powers that be doing a psyop so that and the alien hoax should tell you that even though it tmakes no sense to you, bthe powers that be love to stir up deception!
Great film. I am somewhat surprised that the surviving Titanic crew members filmed on the Carpathia when it arrived in New York are in great spirits and hamming it up for the camera. I guess they were thrilled to survive.
Raymond Makul There would have been more survivors had the Californian showed up as planned
Raymond Makul I believe that those are cabin boys from the Carpathia, not Titanic survivors.
J x thx! 4 that, cuz I thought it 'strange' behaviour too for surviving something so TRAUMATIC! ☹️👍
I thought the same thing when I watched that segment. If they are in fact survivors maybe they were just overjoyed to still be alive.
I figured it was just stock footage from something completely off-topic.
Congratulations for this amazing video. The footage, the quality, the editing and music... it's just awesome.
Could you imagine the “OLYMPIC”, with all of her history and that of her famous ill fated sister, being fully preserved to functionality and providing heritage “White Star” fanfare transatlantic service today ..... ???
Um
No
@Mark GodfreyAGREED. She's just sitting there rotting away even though she's 100% worth saving. That ship really must have been some sight in her prime. She NEEDS to be restored, not scrapped.
If Olympic were lucky enough to survive the Depression and WW2 (she’d be moored in Southampton, London or Belfast and an 882 foot ship would be a prime target for the Blitz since all three cities were hit) I could see her as a museum like the USS Constitution and SS Great Britain or a hotel/museum hybrid like the two Queens (Mary and Elizabeth II) are today *IF* she were lovingly cared for, as Titanic’s twin she wouldn’t have to worry about funds like Queen Mary is (who’s only real main draw in the mainstream are her ghosts) but I can’t really see Olympic still in service if she were still around. This year will be her 109th birthday on October 11th, at nearly 110 she’d be too delicate and valuable to do transatlantic crossings, and much like Queen Mary who will be 86 this October, Great Britain who turned 177 this July and Constitution who will turn 223 this year, too old. Modern guests who don’t appreciate her history would be the majority and the people who do care for her wouldn’t be able to help her stay in service, she doesn’t have private baths for every cabin, the cheapest ticket’s class would be too bare for most mainstream tourists and many more, heck even today we have people complaining about how the former First Class rooms on Queen Mary are too plain! But in my opinion, I could see Olympic as museum ship yes, a hotel maybe but still in service no, she’s far too delicate and valuable as a historic ship to risk sailing to end up getting damaged and sinking in the ocean, even if she didn’t sink, her parts (hand welded iron, paint) are irreplaceable
no. she wouldn't be able to sustain functionality nor operate successfully as an ocean liner today.
as a museum tho ? that would have been amazing.
2 sunk 1 scraped what a shame for those beauty's to end like that :'(
Nl Rail one of the 2 that sank was the titanic, the second one being the titanic 2
StarShynInNow come on guys don't you guys know about TITANIC OLYMPIC AND BRITANNIC ?
StarShynInNow correction* it was the Olympic, Titanic, Britannic in that order.
Kathy Lopez titanic 2 isn't real just used for a movie. Britannic sank
Joe Mancini probably no one. Because they are retards unlike us
All I can say is what an incredible video. Such a shame they had to scrap Olympic.
I think they could of kept Olympic and turned it to a Titanic museum!
Do Titanic não, apenas do Olympic melhor@@Spiderty
Building crash and Airplane Crash Also Ship Sunk Even Cars crash,Many crash in Every year mean 5,000 Crash
Thank you so much for uploading this video. WilliamMurdochDotNet always has the very best Olympic class videos and we all appreciate your efforts to keep the memories of these great liners alive to this day.
14:06 What a beautiful ship... Does this even compare to the ones we have today?
Today's ships look like floating whales, ugly asf
Vinkath toce
In a word, NO.
Look at the Promenade deck of the ship at the dock it's the Olympic! Look for any picture of Titanic and you see the difference. The film of the reported Titanic launch is A fake.
@@rickgray5731 Yes, there's only one video of Titanic in existence, the one at 14:05 - 15:06.
I am speechless. How have I never seen this? What an incredible video.
I know! I said the same thing! Thousands of hours on here searching for the perfect video and never stumbled upon this absolute masterpiece! Better late than never!
Very, very nice!
I, for one, have NOT seen a lot of this footage and liked that it was presented chronologically.
As far as adding sound effects and music to the silent sections, all I can say is --
THANK YOU!
As much as I like to watch movies -- I actually love black-and-white, prefer it for historical docudramas and genres like film noir and horror --, the greatest advance ever made in film was the introduction of synchronized sound. It's very hard to sit through SILENT footage.
The sound effects/Foley FX and music were well-chosen and timed to the original footage, too.
1:17:56 - "Who knows but that we may need all our shipping in the near future. Is it too late to step in and preserve these ships from destruction?'
That that is one heck of a sound argument and amazing foresight. 4 years down the road Britain would find itself in a life and death struggle with the battle of the Atlantic.
Extraordinary film, well done compiling this footage and putting it in chronological order!
Absolutely stunning and with sound added it's breath taking. Thank you for making this.
I noticed the little dig the reporter had at the captain at 1:12:56 by calling the skipper "Captain Jinx" instead of Captain Binks. I also noticed the deep reticence to speak by the injured officer of the light ship that was cut in two. I think a, 'keep your mouth order' had been given and by the look of him he was none too pleased about it.
Excellent film. Thank you.
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I'm glad you still have these clips
Really i wish some day someone will colorise these incredible films! Keep up the good work!
It's kinda sad when you see the beginning and the end of these beautiful ships, how advance they were back in the day, how luxurious, and heroic these ships were. It hits you really hard when you find out that the three years spent on building both the Olympic and shortly after Titanic were put into by a thousand workers putting in their all. only to have one sink a few days later and the other you worked hard on scrapped must've been heart breaking, same for the brittanic too. And it hits even harder when the two remains of Titanic and Brittanic are slowly eroding away... forever leaving future generations only photos and video of what was.
It's obvious there are so many trolls out there who don't have anything better to do than thumb down brilliant vids. Thank you for uploading. Real treasure here.
Thanks Muttley, I am glad you enjoyed it.
Olympic Titanic and Britannic are my favourite ships.
at last a item about the Olympic class ships that doesn't. concentrate solely consentrate on titanic
Great film...thanks so much for posting. It's always nice to see footage of Titanic's sister RMS Olympic.
such an amazing film, big big thank you for uploading this.
I cant believe this only has 40k+ views, this should have 1,000,000 views. And your subs should be higher as well.
Wonderful footage. Thank you for keeping this great old lady's spirit alive!
Some of the best video I've seen of any of these ships. Thanks for sharing this.
Estas filmaciones son impresionantes!! Ojalá hubiera podido disponer de ellas para mi documental. Gracias por publicar este video.
Oscar Truniger oscar por que no haces un documental acerca del olympic
Oscar Truniger por que al parecer mucha gente sigue dudando
it hurts to see Olympic's final moments, i can hear her crying at 1:19 mnts :(
Javier Estrada thank u
I mean how do you think Titanic and Britannic felt?
Wow! Talk about a wonderful collection of film... Thank you very much... Was enjoyed immensely.
thank you so much for this channel.. ships like this will never be again and thats a shame.. looking forward to watching this ...
Thank you mr Murdoch, really great piece of footage! And at 14.40: what a majestically looking beautiful ship she was!
Great Archive Movies! thank you William! :=)
I wish there was a way that all those men that built these iconic masterpieces could see us sat watching this footage of them in 2020 on flat screen televisions or computers or tablets. . These men are dressed so smart building a ship.
no mention of haddock. curious to find more information about his time of Captain
The best images of the Olympic are from 1:14:00 to 1:16:00. At 1:14:34 what a beautiful horn sound.
Lovely video! The story of these ships has fascinated me since I could read! And thank you for not using music from the movie! The music used here adds to the originality of the story.
Hazafan88 It must be Titanic must it not? Infact I think Titanic is what got me into Ocean Liners...
Breathtaking video.. Love it! Thanks so much for sharing this :-)
Give credit to these men. They worked extremely hard building these magnificent vessels.
All of this is so wonderful to see not the sinkings but the time and Craftsmanship put into these amazing ships. The People who died because of one word 'Unsinkable', which nothing ever is or can be, are in our thoughts forever!
Wonderful compilation. I am only used to seeing the same few clips of these ships again and again.
People are always looking at the olympic class but what about the SS traffic? No one has found her wreck and she is as big as a wreck mystery as titanic was
this was the Olympic, on 12.47 you clearly can see the patchwork on the iron due to her accident with the Hawk.
+Juul72 Van Den Broek Yes well spotted, that shot is indeed Olympic, as there is no known footage of Titanic departing on her maiden voyage unfortunately, so newsreels simple re-used footage of her sister.
@Red or Blue Pill Unfortunately footage shot in Southampton, prior to her maiden voyage was "lost". Perhaps it was filmed but there were issues with it - out of focus, or a problem developing the film and so it was discarded, not realising the value it would have later. We know the following was filmed:
1. Laying the keel of the Titanic (31 March 1909), Animated Weekly. -Lost.
2. Transport of Titanic's Largest Anchor in the World (c.1911). 400ft. -Lost.
3. Launching the Titanic (31 May 1911). Films Limited of Belfast/Animated Weekly/Gaumont. -Lost.
4. Titanic leaving Belfast Loch for Southampton (2 April 1912). Gaumont. -Survives
5. The Titanic: at Southampton, prior to her maiden voyage (10 April 1912). Filmed by Topical Budget. -Lost
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet I remember watching some film footage on the BBC news, apparently taken of the Titanic during manoeuvres on her sea trials, though I was quite sceptical at the time. This was about 15 or 20 years ago and I have searched for it on youtube but can't find any reference to it.
@@philjohnson8771 It was almost undoubtedly a mislabelled shot of the Olympic. If actual footage of the Titanic on her sea trials was discovered it would be one of the biggest finds of the century. Instead, all we have is a tantalising glimpse of her still under construction.
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet Many thanks for your reply. The film footage was dropped very quickly by the BBC, they must have come to exactly the same conclusion. Thank you for keeping the memory of this great ship alive.
Great video, but you're missing launch footage of the Britannic.
+RMS Titanic 1912-2016 Try checking here: 28:06.
I can't understand why Smith is wearing his "tropical" white uniform if he is in Southampton or anywhere in northern areas for that matter. Having had the good fortune of travelling many times between UK and Africa, I know it was customary for officers to change into "white" only when the weather and the geographical position was appropriate.
I believe the footage was taken in New York.
+*Adrian Larkins* That was his summer uniform.
That footage was taken on the Olympic during summer or early august of 1911.
Are "we" suddenly some kind of a fashion critic or something? Who CARES what the hell he's wearing when in just a few days he and others would be DEAD?
Steve Burrus That was during the Olympic ok not the Titanic
Adrian Larkins
Very interesting aspect of yours. White is in countries of Christian background the color of purity and innocence. He seemed very nervous before the journey's beginning.
Great insight into life 100yrs ago. Thankyou.
Simply riveting..I do have a question, though. In your upload is some brief footage of Guglielmo Marconi with the caption that he saved 700 lives. Wasn't he later found to have infringed on Nikola Tesla's patents for wireless technology?. Small point, I know, but I think it's important for young people watching this to have correct info. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed your video..Thanks!
they really ignored the safety on that dry dock.. those where the days Oo
the Nantucket captain clearly didn't want to talk about it but they kept hitting him with questions.. another reason to dislike news reporters
The captain of the Nantucket lightship so obviously did not want to be in front of that camera.
Notice that the woman at 52:00 sits upright in the chair. That was the normal etiquette in the period. You can see it, for in stance in Downton Abbey.
Thank for showing history from this great ships.
Thanks for sharing about the Olympic class fleet of White Star Liner~
A great documentary I enjoyed this very much. Thank you.
after the titanic tragedy,the olymlic had been refitted and became effectively larger than titanic:all the imporovements seen on titanic ( new suites in b-deck and "a la carte restaurant"),and obviusly the modification on double bottom
"The Titanic leaving for Southampton" at 14:00 is actually the Olympic, look at the open promenade.
Hi Erik. No actually it is indeed Titanic and has been independently verified as such. The footage was shot on Saturday the 3rd of February 1912, while she was still under construction and so the A-deck promenade windows were yet to be enclosed. Also, if there is any doubt, the name Titanic is clearly visible on the port bow.
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet If she was still under construction, why was she leaving for Southampton? That's Olympic, not Titanic. Good video anyway
@@crtlndby Because "she is not leaving for Southampton". As I wrote, this footage was shot on Saturday the 3rd of February 1912, while Titanic was still under construction (which can be clearly seen in the footage itself - she is obviously not finished). She did not leave for Southampton until April 3rd, after her sea trials were completed on April 2nd. So it is indeed Titanic.
Viendo con detalle tu documental. es impresionante el parecido del Olympic con el TITANIC y por ello fue que no le hicieron videopropaganda, ya q solo existe material fotográfico del TITANIC ,pero definitivamente fue la metida de pata mas grande que los de la WHITE START LINE no hubiesen grabado con detalle al TITANIC, ya que de los dos era el mas grande por las modificaciones como: la cubierta de paseo cerrada hasta la biblioteca que exteriormente lo hacia ver mucho mas bonito y esa modificación se hizo en base a que en el Olympic era totalmente abierta a la brisa marina y a el agua en caso de salpicadura por tormenta desde el castillo de proa con dirección a popa, y también la utilizacion de espacio para cubiertas de paseo privada cuyo peso aumento en 53,000 toneladas a los 46,000 del Olympic, por lo cual ¡el T I T A N I C es el mejor de TODOS!
Its funny they were supposed be showing the Titanic, but that is also the Olympic. The forward decks on Titanic were inclosed to make room for private first class promenade decks, and to protect those decks from sea spray. That piece of footage must have been taken after the major refit done to the Olympic after Titanic sank, because her wheel house now had the eight windows when it initially had four, but this is still a cool piece of footage; well done.
Menerva4 The piece of footage is the Titanic before her fitting out was complete, that is why there is no enclosed deck. She wasn't finished.
RobandLarry Sampson
No; actually that was the Olympic being launched and in her before her fitting out. and on her maiden voyage. Titanic was never painted gray. That was the Olympic,Titanic was not that well photographed before she sank The only film footage of the Titanic before the sinking, that they have is only about one minute long And it is the shot recreated right at the beginning of Jim Cameron's Movie before they cut to the title scene. Most of the time if you are seeing film footage that is supposed to be of the the Titanic especially the scenes where Capt Smith is inspecting the bridge of the vessel and the stern was filled with passengers waving goodbye, that was the Olympic on her first crossing.
Menerva4 I think RobandLarry Sampson is referring to the footage at 14:02 which indeed is Titanic moored at at Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast. As she is unpainted in the footage it has been dated to Saturday the 3rd of February 1912 (incorrectly shown on the newsreel as April 2nd). However, you are right about many of the other shots being Olympic.
***** Thank you, that is indeed what I meant!
I've seen a couple of documentaries suggesting that after Captain Smith damaged the Olympic, they swapped the names on the ships. They suggested that the Titanic was really the Olympic when it went down. Interesting stuff.
Susie - it would simply not be possible to just 'swap the names' of the ships. The 'switch' theory has been well and truly debunked as a hoax for which there is no motive or more importantly no evidence. It is worth checking this website if you are interested: www.titanicswitch.com
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet thanks.
At 8:20 Olympic is launched. The hull of Titanic is still under construction, partially visible on left. Most photos are presenting Olympic. Titanic did not make such sensation until unexpectedly sunk. So. there are not many chronicles of her.
every human in this video up to 41:06 is dead. something to think about
And every human from the 1700's is dead too! SpoOoOoOokyyyyyy
I'd say by now they all are... the last Survivor of TITANIC died in 2009 at the age of 98. Now go watch a movie like "Cleopatra" from 1963 and realize.... MOST OF THEM TOO are dead by now.
I KNOW! LIKE WOW!!! Bizarre how that happens huh? It's like... they're all mortal or sumpin'...!!! You said it... SpoOoOokyyyyy! (I like that spelling, too.)
As we are, they once were. And as they are, we will be. Death does not discriminate. Something to think about.
No shit Sherlock lol
Esse navio fez história...fez milhares de viagens e até participou da primeira guerra...olimpic e maravilhoso❤ esse navio foi só alegria
My garwd!. Awesome Video! Please Keep it up!
No way I'm never going to keep it
From what I've heard and read, Olympic's maiden voyage send off wasn't a big event with very few well wishers there compared to Titanic's, only one page mentions it in newspapers of the time, but looking at the footage here it seems this isn't the case, unless the footage isn't from the maiden voyage, and how do we know it is as there's no date?. The footage at the 12:48 mark appears to be from the pier in New York.
No it is the other way around. Olympic's maiden voyage was more newsworthy than Titanic, as the Olympic was first in her class.
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet But it wasn't though. There was only one mention of it in a newspaper which was brief, but Titanic's had more publicity for some reason and seemed to be deliberately hyped up.
@@Embracing01 "for some reason".... perhaps you forgot the bit about the Titanic sinking on its maiden voyage with the loss of nearly 1500 lives?
At the time the Olympic was more newsworthy as seen by the simple fact we have newsreel footage of her. She was first in class. By the time Titanic came along it was old news. Post-disaster changed that.
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet Hi do you know the date/year of the photo taken on Olympic where she is at the pier in New York. The shot is looking towards the forecastle deck with a number of passengers and crew in shot, and there are clothes being hung on the railings by some of the crew. Was this taken during her maiden voyage or at a later date?. There is another photo where she is approaching New York, taken looking towards the forecastle deck and bow, but there are a number of fittings like swan neck vent visible towards the portside of forecastle deck which isn't on the other photo. Why was the forecastle deck changed, was this the modifications done during her refit?. Do you know the dates of these photos? looking at the passengers they seem to be dressed in clothing from the 1910s then the 1920s or 30s.
While almost all our footage of Titanic is of the wreck--the building of the Olympic Class ships was one of the MOST documented events of the time. A German photographer was employed to film the whole thing.
While "Old Faithful" aka The Olympic served well and long it does seem that that it was the fact of Titanic's sinking which earmarks an historic interest in those ships. Olympic never really established herself as "Special" over Mauritania though the latter vessel was smaller and built some years before.
Titanic's own reign as the largest most luxurious ship of her time was only destined to last a year, as The Hamburg America Line's (Another holding of J.P. Morgan) SS Imperator would have taken both spotlights away from Titanic had she survived.
Though the undisputed most famous ship ever built it seems unlikely Titanic would have made much of a lasting impression had she NOT sunk as she did on her maiden voyage.
Something is being scratched out and hidden here. 9:34 Tugboat names are blotted out too (13:00)
That's because they tried to make out the footage was Titanic, the names on the New York tugs would have given it away somewhat!
That's what I thought. Sort of a clumsy cover up.
Of course the footage is of Olympic, there has never been any doubt. Slowing down the footage and doing screen shots was a waste of time, Captain Smith is in summer uniform, on Titanic he was in winter kit. Nobody actually believes this is Titanic.
Larry Brown .... waste of time? It's winter out and I'm laid off from work. Nothing's a waste of time when you're bored. 😌
Fair comment J. D. :) xx
Olympic and Normandie are two ships from that Era I really wished survived.
thank you for sharing!
incredible video nice work!!!!
This is a amazing film about the Olympic class
thank you for this amezing video
To all those wondering why Olympic wasn't preserved as some sort of monument to Titanic. Let's examine this logically. Why preserve Olympic? Despite being prohibitively expensive, wasn't she Titanic's sister, virtually identical to her? But people weren't remembering Titanic. At least, they didn't have the same take on her we do today. Titanic sailed on it's first and only voyage over twenty years before Olympic's retirement. The voyage lasted four days and ended in 1,517 deaths. The Titanic disaster was a horrible thing, that ended hundreds of lives and ruined thousands more. An entire town was devastated because of it. They didn't want to remember Titanic, they wanted to forget it. There were monuments and tributes to the heroic actions by passengers and crew that night, and that was seen as sufficient. There was no greater desire to remember Titanic beyond this. Olympic wasn't preserved because that wasn't even a consideration. Her dismantling provided work for hundreds in Inverkeithing. Olympic was dismantled and with her, Titanic was practically forgotten. It wasn't until Walter Lord's book that the public imagination was recaptured, and really, not until Cameron's movie did Titanic enter into the stratosphere of popular culture.
If the ship wasn't scrapped in 1935, it could have been a museum like the queen mary
Cambot MST3K If only it had gone on like Aquitaina! Sadly Aquitaina was scrapped 1950 I think it was..
X 9 you're right
but in 4 years world war 2 would have broke out
see how much people have changed into this survivor mentality. back then all those passengers and crewmen even the captain of the carpathia were smiling, lauging joking, DELIGHTED to be alive it was a cause for celebration they didn't die. now tho, anyone who survives on a ship wen the electricity goes out and they have to deal with it being a bit hot in the ship and not being able to eat anything but sandwices for 2 days get off the ship with f8cking ptsd acting like they thought it was all over
1:18:32 in a alternate universe where the olympic not scrapped.
and was now owned by Cunard line. olympic then had a 105 service history and was repaired
Would be interesting to see this colorized
The Carpathia docked at night. Anything that claims to be the ship nearing NYC or docking is not taken from that day.
Can you imagine the fact, that.. Those lifeboats are all gone.. Insane fact, just.. You cannot imagine what was happening there..
Fantastic work. I've always wondered, in some of the scenes with Tug Boats, and a few with some of the crew, there have been obvious efforts made to obscure parts of the image. Like the licenses on the back of the tugs. What and who were they trying to protect in 1912? It's not like anyone viewing these films back then would have any access to use or even look up any of this info, so why was it done?
The obscuring of the vessels name was simply so they could re-use the footage to pass it off as Titanic departing Southampton (the vessels names would have clearly placed it as Olympic in New York).
@@WilliamMurdochDotNet - Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the reply.
Awesome film thanks, Why did they have to dismentle The Olympic in 1937???
+Realvalue Silver she was getting old and rusty. And the great depression didn't help.
Rads Per Second I hate to say it, but she was already dated before the 30s... not that she wasn't splendid of course! Quite right keeping her in service all that time..
The great depression.
why in all of this does the 4 tug boat names have to be scratch out totally ruins the clip
+Matt Edwards The shot of the tugs helping the Olympic to reverse out into the Hudson River from Pier 59 in New York (from 13:00), has the names of the tugs inked out to create a deception that these shots were of Titanic after the disaster (as she never made it to New York).
+WilliamMurdochDotNet Oh right now I get ya Thank
Captain smith WTF were you thinking, going through a known ice field at top speed in the black of night, 1,500 of your passengers put their trust in you and you blew it big time
Actually, you are wrong. Smith was following standard safety protocol at the time and which still stands today. He did not ignore ice warnings, he kept a lookout and maintain speed as per instructions to captains under good visibility conditions:
www.titanicswitch.com/titanicfacts.html#C12
www.titanicswitch.com/titanicfacts.html#C10
I bought Britanic[2000] film DVD.Very plausible,how U boat attack,timed @ change of watch,when all watertight doors were open!!for crew movement.reconmend DVD
Great job!
Even if you believe the Olympic and Titanic were switched, the class was cursed.
Actually, it was the Mauretania not the Lusitania that was torpedoed. They were switched... it was on TH-cam. You were fooled sucker!
OH shut up.
PainInTheAssInternet Mk2 when cameron found Titanic he saw the letters m and p!
@@richmkw no. First, Cameron didnt find the wreck. Second, it would be impossible to find anything.
Third, 401 was found on wreck. 401 refers to titanic, Olympic was 400
@@richmkw I can't even be bothered explaining how wrong your comment is.
The RMS Olympic was sister ship to the titanic and the Britannic it sailed across the north Atlantic in April 1911 it crash with a ship called hms hawke then it seirve as a troop ship
Sempre tive a curiosidade de saber como eram as buzinas do Olympic, Titanic e Britannic. Realmente a do Olympic era imponente. Assustava qualquer barco pequeno!
Can you make a video called the story of the Olympic titanic and britannic as seen on film in full color?
This photo of Smith in his summer' whites in on the Olympic not titanic
if only they had the foresight to preserve the olympic. As a titanic enthusiast I would spend my life savings on a ticket or daypass to tour a preserved olympic class ship. So sad.
Jesus christ would you look at the size of that electric rivet gun. I'd only read about its enormous size before but to see it up close and working - how bulky and cumbersome it must've been to use it, argh
I now wonder something else too. It appears tugs that are helping move the ship away from the dock have their names on the stern concealed. What possible reason could there be for that?
+dennis coles The tugs are from New York and are moving the Olympic. Because there was so little footage of Titanic they often used film of Olympic instead, but as Titanic never made it to New York the names on the tugs were erased to try and convince people that this was Titanic. Hope that makes sense! x
RobandLarry Sampson
Ya, thanx
Rip to all the last souls and rip and thanks to hard working men that made these ships but I'm sorry the early 1900s were creepy.
my mother's grand father was a seaman on board the Olympic the sister ship of the Titanic.
If the Olympic had been around today they probably would not have mothballed it but, would have turned it into a hotel and museum, like the Queen Mary in California, which has been used for films and TV shows, good film but needs colouring in and enhancing.
13:01 - I had seem this footage many years before it landed on TH-cam, and was wondering what was going on with the sterns of those two tugs here. Was it sun glare, or an attempt to cover up the tugs' names?
Must’ve been an attempt to cover up the names
Who else thought that olympic sank like titanic and britannic when i was little 😂